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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2016
Instytut Biologii Doswiadczalnej Im. Marcelego Nenckiego Pan, Warsaw, PL;
Centrum Fizyki Teoretycznej Pan, Warsaw, PL;
Pawel Boguszewski, Warsaw, PL;
Bartlomiej Juszczyk, Warsaw, PL;
Grzegorz Kasprowicz, Chyliczki, PL;
Ewelina Knapska, Pruszkow, PL;
Rafal Krawczyk, Warsaw, PL;
Szymon Leski, Pruszkow, PL;
Alicja Puscian, Warsaw, PL;
Pawel Rasinski, Jozefow, PL;
Lech Mankiewicz, Warsaw, PL;
INSTYTUT BIOLOGII DOSWIADCZALNEJ IM. MARCELEGO NENCKIEGO PAN, Warsaw, PL;
CENTRUM FIZYKI TEORETYCZNEJ PAN, Warsaw, PL;
Abstract
A system for testing spontaneous social interactions of group-housed mice placed in an experimental apparatus. The system includes a plurality of compartments (-) bridged by corridors (). At least one compartment (-) has a perforated partition wall () separating the compartment into a territory available for mice () and a territory to be explored by olfaction (). In the territory available for mice (), above the partition wall (), there is an infrared laser curtain (). The system also includes a photographic device () for acquiring the intersection of a mouse in the light of the infrared curtain. In the territory to be explored by olfaction (), there is a source of olfactory stimuli ().